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Croydon 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]

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The notifications of enteric fever in the districts which might very probably
have been served by the various branches of the firm of confectioners
were tabulated week by week from the beginning of the year, as follows:—

Table: The notifications of enteric fever in the districts which might very probably have been served by the various branched of the firm of confectioners were tabulated week by week from the beginning of the year, as follows:-

The notifications of enteric fever in the districts which might very probably have been served by the various branched of the firm of confectioners were tabulated week by week from the beginning of the year, as follows:-

Notifications of Enteric Fever during week ending:Jan. 10„ 17„ 24„ 31Feb 7„ 14„ 21„ 28Mch. 7„ 14„ 21„ 28Ap. 4„ 11„ 18„ 25May 2„ 9„ 16„ 23„ 30June 6„ 13„ 20„ 27July 4„ 11„ 18„ 25Aug 1„ 8„ 15„ 22„ 29Sept. 5
Croydon....................................................................................1............21
District A...2............1...1...............2...1...1............11..................1......2
District B....................................2...........................1..................1...1...2...
District C.........1...11.....................................................................1151...
District D11........................1............2..................111...............112......
District E.............................................1.......................................1...............
District F.....................1...........................1...........................1...............12
District G........................11..................1.......................................2112...
13...1...121211...2...32211.........222.........1245885

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The table clearly suggests a material and rapid increase in the number
of notifications of enteric fever, from a date early in August. This affected
nearly all the districts likely to have been served from the firm's shops, and
curiously enough affected Croydon less obviously than some of the other
districts. There was at the moment no knowledge as to whether the increase
in enteric fever notification, was due, in fact, to an increase in paratyphoid
(B) fever; it was merely suggestive, and lent colour to the view that the
foodstuffs carrying infection were infected when they left the central bakery